Shoe and hosiery bench



March 11, 1930. Q E WELLINGTQN 1,749,865

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Fatented Mar. 11, 1930 UNHTED STATES PATENT? OFFICE CURTIS F.WELLINGTON, F LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS SHOE AND HOSIERY BENCHApplication filed February 18, 1929. Serial No. $10,709.

This invention relates to an article of furand the parts underneathconstitute waste niture which is Constructed in the form of a space.bench suitable for general use but adapted The idea of this invention isto utilize the especially for use with a vanity and having space underthe top of such a bench for the within it a shoe rack and a hosierydrawer. purpose of storing shoes and hosiery and to The principalobjects of the invention are construct the bench in such form that theto provide a piece of combination furniture shoes will be in aconvenient position to be for this purpose having a neat and attractivereached from the front of the bench. appearance when used as a bench andcapable It will be seen that the bench is construct- 10 of being openedeasily to expose the shoe ed in general in an ordinary way with fourrack at an inclined. position and at a comvertical legs 10 and a top 11,provided with 'parati'vely high levelso that the shoes may suitablecushions as desired. Instead of bebe reached conveniently; to provide a,coning all open, it is closed in by a rear side 12 struction in whichthe opening of the doors and two ends 13 which may be of as beautiful 15will swing the shoe rack upwardly in a conand ornamental wood as may bedesired and venient position for the removal of shoes; to the front isclosed by a pair of doors 1 1 which provide a convenient receptacle forshoes 00- swing in toward the center from hinges 15 cupying no spaceexcept that which is wasted at the corner legs on vertical axes.

ordinarily, and to provide an improved con- For the purpose of storingthe shoes, the 20 struction of a shoe rack and a convenient locatop 11is provided, rigidly secured thereto, tion for the hosiery drawer. witha frame 16, preferably of sheet metal Other objects and advantages ofthe invenand of rectangular form, having above the tion will appearhereinafter. bottom a parallel shelf 17 also of sheet metal. Referenceis to be had to the accompany- The bottom and the shelf 17 are provided25 ing drawings in which with longitudinal rails 18 or cleats over whichFig. 1 is a front elevation of a bench conthe shoes are intended to besupported with structed according to this invention and the heels infront of these rails so that the shown in closed condition; shoes willnot slide back in the cabinet but Fi 21 an d l vatio thereof; will standtherein right side up and all the Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line33 same distance from the front of the device of Fig. 1; and maintainingtheir position therein on ac- Fig. 4 is an end view showing the doorscount of the square front surface of the heel opened and the top of thebench and shoe resting against one of these mils.

rack swung upwardly; The cover is pivoted to the rear wall 12 by 35 Fig.5 is a front view with the parts in the hinges 19 on horizontal axes sothat it can be same position; moved from horizontal position to an in-Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on enclined position as shown in F4, 5 and 6. larged scale, showing the device opened, and It will beobvious that this motion exposes the Fig. 7 is a sectional view on theline 77 of front side of the shoe rack 16 which is open so 40 6. thatthe desired pair of shoes can be taken out The disposal of shoes is amatter of convery conveniently. I siderable annoyance in many homes. InThe device is arranged so that the movespite of all the articles offurniture with ment of the top into the lnchned position will 7 .whichhomes are usually provided there is open the doors 1 L this beingprovided for by no place for shoes except on the closet floor or a pairof links 20, each pivoted on a vertical on racks usually intended to behung in a axis to a cleat 21 on one of the doors and closet on theinside of the door or in an extra pivoted, by a substantially universaljoint 22, cabinet occupying floor space. Furthermore, to a fixed stud 23carried by the bottom of the the ordinary benches for vanities are ofsuch frame 16 near the back of the cabinet. a nature that they take upconsiderable room It will be seen therefore that the doors vice. Theparts are so proportioned thatv when the doors are swung through an arcof 90 the frame will swing out into the position shown in Fig. 6 and thecover needbe raised no further. T

Naturally the frame 16 is located in a com- I partment in the bench andthe bottom of this compartment is closed by a floor 24. This may be asheet of wood or metal which slides in grooved ways 25 on the stationaryends of the device and therefore can be removed. These ways or cleats 25are secured by screws 7 to the ends of the bench inside and the iron orthin wood floor 24: is slid in along these grooves. This constitutes acover ng for the parts below which can be removed for cleaning, thusmaking it easy to prevent the accummulation of dust inside the bench.

Below this floor or'covering 2a is a drawer 26 which is of ordinaryshape and has buttons 2'? for moving it out and in. The sides of thedrawer are provided with grooves 28 arranged longitudinally which reston cleats or guides 29 permanently fastened in the inside of the ends ofthe bench. This drawer is designed to'contain hosiery and the cover 24is provided 30- that the same will not get up into the upper part of thedevice and perhaps get caught in the rods 20 or the pivots at the endsof these rods which are'designed to be quite loose.

It will be seen therefore that the vanity benchcan be made of anydesirable degree of attractiveness and can be used for the purposes forwhich the ordinary benches are now employed and that the shoes andhosiery are located in it most conveniently where they can be taken outin a simple and convenient maner. The shoe rack and hosiery drawer takeup no room not otherwise required for such a bench. Thedoors are notcapable of swinging open of their own accord and there is no danger aslong as the cover is down of the doors opening to get in the way of theuser of the bench or allow dust to enter the interior. The hosierydrawer is well protected against the same difficulty and the articlesinside the bench are always in-the desired position. 7

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the inventionI am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by anyperson skilled in the art withlike structure having a top pivoted: atone side I to swing upwardly,.a rack secured to the underside of the topand having strips across it near the front to constitute a shoe rack, a

pair of doors pivoted to the front of the structure and rods pivotallyconnected with said rack and with the two doors for opening the'doorswhen the top and rack are swung upwardly. 7

2. In a bench, the combination with a closed body, a top pivoted'at thetop of the body along one side, a rack depending from the top andlocated inside and having shoe racksthereon, a pair ofdoors pivoted onthe front side of the bench, a pair of rods connectlng the doors withthe bottom of the rack,

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the inner'ends of said rods being pivotally;

whereby when the top is raised the doors will be opened and the front ofthe rack exposed.

3. As anarticle of manufacture, a shoe holder'having a top pivoted atone side to swing upwardly, a rack secured to the underside ofthectopand having strips across-it near the front to constitute a shoerack,a pair 7 of doors pivoted to the front end edges of.thestructureland means connected withsaid rack an d with the two doorsfor opening the doors outwardly in opposite directions when the top andrack are swung upwardly.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto af-' fixed my signature.

CURTIS F. WEL INGTON.

Therefore, I do not wish to be limitedin 7 if this respect but what I doclaim is a 1. As an article of manufacture, a bench-

